May 17, 2013

European cars: sputtering sales

An employee works on the assembly line of the new Great Wall Motor's Car plant in the village of Bahovitsa ©AFP

New car registrations are up, but the market has not fully revved up yet

May 17, 2013

Morrison and Ocado: welcome to the web

Deal solves problems for both companies, but also creates new ones

Barnes & Noble ©Bloomberg May 17, 2013

Barnes & Noble: a real page-turner

Upcoming fourth-quarter results are perfect place to start next chapter

May 17, 2013

Tencent: phone company killer

Chinese internet group battles the country’s mobile phone operators

Walmart shopping cart ©Getty May 16, 2013

Walmart: banking on investors

Walmart is less an investment than a sort of inflation-protected bank

May 16, 2013

Google: $900 breached

Can the internet search giant avoid Apple’s steep share price drop?

A giant model watch by watchmaker "A. Lange & Soehne", part of luxury goods group Richemont, is displayed during the opening day of the "Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie" (SIHH) a professional fair in fine watchmaking on January 21, 2013 in Geneva. Swiss manufacturer of luxury goods Richemont announced sales meet expectations for the third quarter of its 2012 fiscal year to Euro 2.8 billion, up 5% at constant exchange rates and 9% in the real exchange rate. ©AFP May 16, 2013

Richemont: clocking off

Swiss luxury goods group’s biggest market is slowing

May 16, 2013

Glencore Xstrata: City grandee needed

Group needs a strong chairman. It’s a pity Sir John Bond has gone

Electricity pylons and wires crossing Suffolk countryside ©Alamy May 16, 2013

National Grid: reassuringly predictable

UK power and gas transmission group may finally have all its constituents on side

May 16, 2013

3i: product misplacement

UK private equity group needs to spice up its products